Fic: Latter Days (BSG)

[pellucid]

Title: Latter Days
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica
Prompt: Laura Roslin and Anastasia Dualla / intersections
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Set around 4.04 "Escape Velocity"

Author's Notes: 1800 words. Written for I Will Not Be Afraid of Women: A Female Friendships Ficathon (galpalficathon). The deviation from fanfic-standard, limited omniscient narration is intentional. I

Comments

[admireddisorder]

i really really loved this. it's quiet, and sad, but in a melancholy sort of way. it's about the things that matter, but no one talks about because no one thinks others would care. it felt very much like something these people - dee, especially - would feel and think on the show, but never in front of other people. if that makes any sense.

i think what touches me most is this idea that these women were and are, in so many ways, connected, yet never really communicate. they're aware of each other's presence, of each other's influence on the men they love - in different ways, granted - yet they never really had a heart to heart, or even been in situations where they would have to talk. about anything. and it's fascinating, because they must think about each other, in some ways at least.

it works really well structurally as well, i'm almost tempted to ask why you felt you were having problems with that. ;)

thank you for sharing with us. that was truly beautiful.

[pellucid]

I'm so glad you liked it!

i think what touches me most is this idea that these women were and are, in so many ways, connected, yet never really communicate.

I'm glad this comes through. This was really the heart of the idea. They are connected, have been in many ways all along, yet there are so many reasons--not least of which the similar strain of reticence in their personalities--why they don't actually talk to one another.

As for the problems I was having, they were less about structure, per se, and more about narrative point of view. The original draft was all and only Dee's pov, but it was clear that at least something of what Laura was feeling needed to be communicated, and I was having trouble figuring out how to do that. In the end, though, I think not completely limiting my narrator to Dee's perspective was at least something of a success.

[liminalliz]

You are such a magnificent writer - not just that this is a solid piece of excellent writing (esp how you slip out of the Dee-focus and give us a glimmer of what Bill and Laura think of her - I LOVED that) but I am NOT a Dee or Dee/Lee fan and yet this won me over SO COMPLETELY. Beautifully done!

[pellucid]

Thank you so much! I'm especially pleased that you were able to enjoy it despite not caring much for Dee. I have always adored her, but I can't say that Dee/Lee ever did much for me. I never hated it or anything, but neither was I invested. And yet it was this canonical relationship of some significance, so I find it interesting in that light to poke at it, even just a little bit in this way.

[liminalliz]

That's exactly it: it's a canon relationship that the text NEVER explores sufficiently and yet here you are, taking this mismangaged storyline and making it WORK and making it really interesting and MAKING ME LIKE DEE AGAIN, YOU HO. <333 You're awesome.

[pellucid]

Making people like Dee was, of course, all part of my evil plan! ;)

[rose_griffes]

Oh, excellent. This is beautiful and believable.

[pellucid]

Thank you so much!

[spankulert]

What a great glimpse into Both Dee and, in the end, Roslin. It flowed very well, and the story's structure workd to its advantage. I really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing :)

*memmed*

[pellucid]

Thank you so much!

And omg, I adore your icon!!!

[spankulert]

heh I could say the same for your posting icon. I have a few Dee icons lying around myself, but I never seem to have enough icon spaces to upload everything I want.

[lyssie]

*clings to fic* Oh, Dee. This is lovely and gorgeous and so so awesome. AND BILLY. And Dee's thoughts about always believing in Roslin ring so true, because she has. There's no way Tigh could have convinced her to help steal an election, otherwise.

[pellucid]

Thank you so much!

And wouldn't you have loved to be a fly on the wall during the conversation where Tigh asked Dee to help him steal an election for Roslin?! All these characters, so inextricably intertwined!

[lyssie]

It was possibly the most awkward conversation the two of them ever had. Given the fact Dee was instrumental in Roslin's escape, and she was opposed to Tigh those weeks he was in charge. And Tigh isn't exactly good at asking for help. But at least he knew better than to ask Felix.

[pellucid]

Of course now I want to write this... ;)